On Being Boldly Atheistic

I am an atheist. Sure lots of people have heard me talk about God, write favorable things about God, pray and worship. And it was all sincere. Still I am an atheist. I’m an atheist the way the members of the early church were atheistic. Atheism was one of the central charges officials of the Roman Empire made against

we might be utterly faithful to the God revealed in Christ for the reconciliation of the world.

Craig M. Watts in the minister of Royal Palm Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Coral Springs, Florida, a member of the DPF Executive Committee and the author of the book Disciple of Peace: Alexander Campbell on Pacifism, Violence and the State (Indianapolis: Doulos Christou Press, 2005).